Heart failure (HF) is a symptoms caused by various diseases. As the myocardial contractility and/or diastolic weakening, the cardiac output decreased, when it can not satisfy the needs of the body, a series of symptoms and signs occurs. HF is an end-stage performance of heart disease, and is also a major factor of mortality. The morbidity of heart failure increased as peoples enter the aging. Despite the continuous improvement of drug treatment,the morbidity and mortality of HF remains high. At present, nondrug treatment of heart failure get more and more attention to clinicians. Surgical methods gets more innovation.Medical intervention has been introducted new auxiliary facilities, and genetics and stem cell technology bring new hope to it’s treatment. This article reviews the HF surgery, nterventional treatment and its related gene and cell therapy and research recently.
Citation： SUI Runqian,ZHOU Xinmin.. Advances in the Nondrug Treatment of Heart Failure. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2009, 16(1): 63-67. doi: Copy